Where does “ikä” come from?

ikä (Proto-Finnic) comes from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä — age, year.

ikä (Proto-Finnic): age; lifetime

Definitions

  1. age; lifetime

Ancestry of “ikä”, step by step

ikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year

via Proto-Uralic ikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicikäage, year

Words derived from “ikä

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä
ikä — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer